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The Inbred Wuzhishan Pig (“WZSP”) was the result of almost thirty-year of endeavor led by Professor Feng Shutang, formerly Research Fellow at the Beijing Institute of Animal Science, Chinas Academy of Agricultural Sciences. It is a new type of miniature pig, a new medical and life science experimental model animal. As of May, 2015, the research team has successfully produced F25 (the 25th generation) of inbred WZSP, with an inbreeding coefficient of 0.99519. WZSP inbred identification was successfully conducted in early 2013 by the Chinese PLA General Hospital (Hospital No. 301) via in-kind and x-transplant of skins, and its full sequencing and analysis of genome was completed by BGI in 2012. WZSP became China's first inbred large model animal with full independent intellectual property rights by the developers, and the naming ceremony will declare it a new animal specie. Additional researches aimed future life science and medical applications of WZSP have been launched, and certain results have been published, including injection of embryonic germ cells into blastocysts,〔''Generation of chimeric piglets by injection of embryonic germ cells from inbred Wuzhishan miniature pigs into blastocysts'', Dong X, Shutang Feng, et al.. Xenotransplantation, 2014 Mar-Apr;21(2):140-8. doi: 10.1111/xen.12077. Epub 2013 Dec 16.,http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24329557〕 and Islet isolation and purification.〔''Islet isolation and purification from inbred Wuzhishan miniature pigs'', Xenotransplantation, 2012 May-Jun;19(3):159-65. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3089.2012.00702.x.,http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22702467.〕 At the medical research and practice areas, over a dozen of Chinese leading research institutions, medical schools, hospitals and enterprises had conducted or are being conducting researches and experiments in the life science, disease and surgical animal model, drug development and x-transplant areas with Wuzhishan pigs. It is widely believed and reported〔()〕 that Chinese WZSP will create substantial new opportunities in life science development, as well as medical and drug research. The Intellecture property rights are protected by both Chinese patents〔Patent CN1502231A; 201410152868; 201410152864, etc.〕 and the patent of the United States of America.〔() 〕 On May 18, 2015, China Academy of Agricultural Sciences announced that its Institute of Animal Science had entered into an agreement to transfer the entirety of its research achievements and all relevant patents on WZSP to Beijing Grand Life Science & Technology Co., Ltd.,〔 which will be the exclusive owner to industrialize the Wuzhishan pigs. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wuzhishan pig」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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